People v. Dackowski

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed. Convicted of burglary and assault, defendant argues that he was improperly prevented from introducing a written statement purportedly signed by the complaining witness, who spoke only Arabic, and witnessed by one Lalo, who spoke Arabic and broken English. The statement indicated that the complaining witness could not identify her attacker and was prepared by defendant’s attorney and obtained by defendant’s parents who gave the complainant $150 for medical expenses. The statement was in English and defendant…